The Fire have had a tremendous offseason so far. We have fortified our midfield, improved our
defense in the SuperDraft, and even added some forwards to the mix. The Fire midfield is certainly
the most populated on the team, and one I would definitely consider it a strength. It's credit to
the front office for taking what was considered a big weakness last year and turning it into one of
our strong points.
Tom Cruise on trial with Revs in AZ
Sky Sports is reporting today that the Arsenal product will be joining the Revs in Arizona this
week and is "expected to feature in two friendly matches... as they assess his fitness before
securing a deal for the player." Cruise primarily plays LB, but can also play CB and LM according
to Wikipedia.
The massive clash at Stamford Bridge this weekend could see Chelsea put out a back-four with two
new starters Ryan Bertrand at LB and Gary Cahill at CB. They could be joined by two of Luiz,
Ivanovic, and/or Bosingwa ... Continue reading →
Daneil Cyrus is not in camp with Sporting KC due to "personal reasons" and it doesn't look like
he'll be joining the team soon. Word out of Trinidad (h/t The Daily Wiz) is that Cyrus will be
joining the Trinidad and Tobago U-23 for a camp. The camp will be capped off by two friendlies
again the full national team of Guyana.
With the Desert Diamond Cup less than two weeks away and representing the Revs first true test
against MLS competition, it's time to introduce a feature I'll be running with all season long: The
Cyber Manager (name pending, I'm picky). Think of it as along the lines of those old Monday Morning
Quarterback themes in football: each week I'll outline what I would do personally with the club,
from lineups to subs and tactics.
On the whole Senderos Hughes thing, I decided to look at all the games Philippe has played in
and compare them to the games Aaron has played in. Except I couldn't do that because Hughes has
barely played CB in league games this year.
Instead I looked at the games Senderos has played in this year versus the equivalent games from
last year:
I don't know really.
As usual it is past midnight and I am finding it hard to sleep so I boot-up my computer and
start looking at all the soccer related websites I frequent the most and stumbled across this
thread. The thread talks about the offseason moves of each team and how many minutes each player
who is no longer on the team contributed during the 2011 season.
